West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-21
MINOR MISCELLANY.

4 Buffalo citizen gave his small son
% bill, sa ing that he could buy a hat
and pair OF shoes and spend the rest
in fireworks. The boy got a 35-cent pair
of shoes, 15.cent hat and 81 80 worth
Of fireworks.
Professor Shaler's article on "The In
stability of the Atmosphere, A" In "Scrib-
ner's Magazine" for August, will contain
reproductions Of number of photo
graphs taken Immediately after disas-
trous tornadoes in the West, when show
grades OF Obstruction from centre TO cir
cumference OF Tomatoes, aud the explo>
sive effect of air contained in hollow
walls.
The corset can be traced to the twelfth
&C fury. a caricaturist of those DAYS
represented the devil as a fashionable
lady, making the corset conspicuous by
putting il on the outside or his clothes.
Slender waists prevailed in the MEDIEVAL
ages, as we might expect, since intellect
was then in a decline Medieval ro-
nance drirs with illusions TO the small
waists of ladies, who, according to the
ideal of the day. must have ''gentytl
bodies and middles small" Classic
waists were never small. To day, among
some, the more intellectual women, there
Is tendency TO return to the "big classic
waist and allure the corset altogether.
Poets are to blame for keeping up the
interest in slim waists.
A hawk can spy lark upon piece Of
earth almost exactly the same color at
twenty times the distance il is percepti-
BILE to man or dog; a kite soaring out
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pounce upon lizards and field mice on
the ground, and the distance at which
vultures aud eagles Can spy out their
prey is almost Incredible Recent dis
coveries, and especially Darwin's obser-
vations, have Inclined naturalists to the
belief that birds of prey have not the
acute sense of smell with which they
were once accredited. Their acute sight
seems better to account for their actions
AMI they appear to DO guided by sight
alone, as they never sniff at anything,
but dart straight at the object of their
desire.
The annual return published by the
Prefecture Of the Seine with regard to
the consumption of food in Paris is al
ways full of interest, and from that re-
lating to 1886, which has just appeared,
it will be gathered that the food supply
of Paris, comprises, in addition to 261, :
377 live oxen, 234, $40 calves, 1891, S71
sheep, 247, 105 pigs, 1887 horses and
3Oi donkeys, 1872, 00j tons Of butchers
meat, "a. 1872 tons of pork, 1915 tons of
horsefesh, "a, 143 tons of poultry, 1859
tons OF butter, 5,412 tons of cheese, and
4,544 tons of turbot, salmon and red
mullet. The quantity of other kinds of
fish consumed is much larger. In adj
dition to the above Paris consumed last
year over 400 600, 600 eggs, while in the
way OF liquids the consumption was 81
$50, 900 gallons Of wine, 3,217. 600 gals
Ions of splits and liquors, G,705, 600
gallons of cider, and G,19O,OOO gallons
Of beer.
One evening recently as Mr.. and Mrs.
Euphrasia, Can, were returning from
church they were startled by black
bear which was apparently making him.
self at home about the dwelling, and
left quite leisurely on the appoach of
the family The following evening the
bear again appeared, and with undaunted
boldness strolled up TO the house. drank
milk from dish near the door, then
few fest from the delliug, where he
entered, there drinking a crock Of cream
and pail OF fresh milk; from there he
walked around to the front Of the house,
got up with his paws on the wind w
sill and looked in. Dir, Henning had
no fire arms, and hesitated to make an
attack but when the animal had left he
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and, arming themselves, they waited for
his return, aud shot him before he was
able to secure his next meal.
The exploit of the Florida fishermen
who landed tarpon, more farmiliarly
known as a silver fish, with rod and reel,
has been excelled by young lad Of
marlborough, La, named German,
who, with common fishing pole, a
cent line, and an ordinary trout hook,
landed 300 pound tarpon at that place
on the 4th German was fishing for
mackerel on the canning factory wharf,
when his bait went under with jerk.
II seemed so like mackerel bite that
he essayed to land his game in mackerel
style. The resistance offered and tho
immediate appearance of the silver
coated monster, who broke the water
and threw himself into the air only to
dive back TO the deep, showed that a
tarpon was hooked The lad held on to
the pole like grim death and yelled.
Messis. Willie Hayward, keen sports
man Thad Lyons, an expert fisherman,
and Jack Craig, another expert, being
on hand, relieved the lad at intervals
and the fish was skilfully played until
exhausted, when it was harpooned and
landed.
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